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MISCELLANEOUS 



SPRING VETCHES. 



TEASELS— Fuller's. The heads, furnished with 

 barbed spikes, are used for combing cloth. Tea- 

 sels require a good, deep soil, and should be sown 

 about April or Way. The young leaves are often 

 used for feeding silkworms. Per lb., 25 cents. 



TEOSINTE. SeeReana luxurians. 



TOBACCO SEED— Brazilian American. The 

 finest Brazilian strain grown here ; makes excel- 

 lent cigars and delightful, aromatic pipe-smoking 

 tobacco. Per oz. , 30 cents ; per lb. , S3. 

 Climax. A cross between Burley and Sterling. 

 Extra fine, bright variety. Per oz., 30 cents; 

 per lb., $3. 



Connecticut Seed-Leaf. The popular sort, used 



for cigar wrappers. Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 

 Conqueror. A superb, bright yellow, and a healthv, 



vigorous grower of the best form and finest texture. 



It ripens early, and is easily cured to the brightest 



color. Per oz. , 30 cents ; per lb. , $3. 

 Havana. Seed gathered for us from the celebrated 



plantations of the " Vuelto de Abajo." Per oz., 



40 cents ; per lb., $4. 

 Honduras. A new mahogany variety, producing 



the very highest quality of tobacco of this type. 



A healthv and vigorous grower. Per. oz. , 30 cents ; 



per lb., $3. 



Kentucky Burley. Per oz., 30 cents ; per lb., $3. 



15 John St., New York. 



SEEDS — continued . 



TOBACCO SEED, continued. 



Kentucky Yellow. Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $». 



Oronoka, Yellow. A reliable old yellow variety,, 

 grown for more than fifty years, and improved 

 with reference to the production of yellow stock. 

 Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



Oronoka, White-Stem. From the Yellow Oro- 

 noka, which it resembles. Per oz., 25 cents ; per 

 lb. $2. 



Pennsylvania Seed-Leaf. Newest and best strain 

 of this standard variety, of which more is sold 

 and planted than of all others of the cigar kind 

 combined. Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



Persian Rose. Finer than the Muscatel, and may 

 be relied upon to make the best cigar. Per oz., 

 30 cents ; per lb., $3. 



Pryor, Yellow. Preferred by many for brights,. 

 and succeeds where the other yellow sorts fail. 

 The west is giving it preference. Per oz., 25 cents ;. 

 per lb., $2. 



Pryor, Blue. The genuine James River favorite. 

 Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



Safrano. Of a rich, saffron-yellow color, and pos- 

 sessing a soft, silky texture and a delightful flavor. 

 Per oz., 30 cents ; per lb., $3. 



Sterling. The newest and brightest of the yellow 

 type, and the earliest to ripen. Per oz., 25 cents; 

 per lb., $2. 



Tennessee Red. Excellent for dark strips and 

 wrappers. Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



Tuckahoe. Preferable to most of the older va- 

 rieties for possessing more body. Leaf long and 

 extra fine ; the perfection of a wrapper. Per oz.,. 

 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



Virginia Oak Hill Yellow. Resembles White 

 Burley in color, and Oronoka in shape and habit. 

 Unsurpassed in delicacy of fiber. Per oz., 30 cts. ; 

 per lb., $3. 



Yellow Mammoth. A new western variety of the 

 export type. Per oz., 25 cents ; per lb., $2. 



VETCHES — Spring, (Vicia saliva.) Sown broad- 

 cast at rate of 1 to iK bushels to the acre like 

 wheat or barley, and sometimes mixed with oats 

 for soiling. Used in France and Canada as a sub- 

 stitute for peas. Also ground up into flour, after 

 which it is mixed with wheat flour for making 

 bread. A valuable plant. Per qt., 20 cents; per 

 bus., §2.75. 



Sand, Winter or Hairy Vetch. {Vicia villosa.) 

 This variety thrives on poor, arid, sandy soils. It 

 is sown either in fall or in spring, and generally 

 mixed with rye, which serves as a support to the 

 plants. It grows to a height of from three to four 

 feet, and can be cut twice for fodder, first as soon 

 as the bloom appears, and then it can be again cut 

 for the seed. The plant is perfectly hardy, and the 

 produce is recommended as most nutritious. The 

 seed is black and perfectly round, and should be 

 sown at the rate of 1 l A bushels to the acre. Per 

 qt., 30 cents ; per bus., $5. 

 Tufted Vetch or Bird's Tares. (Vicia cracca.) 

 Has creeping perennial roots, and affords provender 

 of good quality. Per lb. , 25 cents. 



WILD RICE. (Zizania aquatica.) A native of our 

 northern and western states. Valuable as a for- 

 age plant for swamps and inundated lands. The 

 Indians of the lake regions of the northwest used to 

 gather it by beating it off into their canoes and 

 then cure it for winter food. Before sowing, put 

 the rice in coarse cotton bags, and sink them in 

 water for twenty-four hours. Sow in water which 

 is from six inches to five feet deep, with soft mud 

 bottom, or on low, marshy places which are cov- 

 ered with water the year round. In running water, 

 sow as much out of the current as possible. Per 

 lb. 25 cents ; per 100 lbs., $15. 



WORMS. Used the same as Snails and Caterpillars. 

 Per pkt., 5 cents ; per oz., 35 cents. 



